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(...) Another 2 planes went down after that - one took out part of the Pentagon, another crashed in bushland somewhere in Pennsylvania. (...) Slashdot is still surviving under the load - lots of informative posts there (for a change). ROSCO (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) There is a no fly zone direcly above the pentagon, "class B airspace" the highest level of restricted air. the plane getting shot down would/ could have saved a few lives, maybe not the passengers, but people on the ground. Josh (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nope--the Pentagon is on the approach corridor to Reagan airport. It's close enough, anyways, that there's too little time between deviation from the corridor to impact. The jet's moving about 300mph--it takes time to scramble a fighter/ (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Interesting... But this is what really bothers me. I can see the World Trade Center being taken-out, but not the Pentagon?!? Isn't there a -'no-fly-zone'- surrounding this area and the White House? I mean, where are all the response jets. (Not (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well i've heard now that 2 plane DID land at Sawyer International, one with a passenger that is now in custody at the Marquette County Jail. less then a week ago, the Marquette county board was trying to get funding to re-open a former air (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Josh they both survived the initial impact without a problem, the resulting uncontrolled fire and damage afterwards is what unfortunately brought down both towers. considering the damage and the attack in 1993, I am surprised they lasted as (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I find this all so amazing, they claimed the buildings were built to withstand a 707 hitting them! I personaly watched BOTH towers colapse LIVE on tv. i missed the pentagon partical colapse my 2 minutes. I've also head that they are actully landing (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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-America under Attack- Here are some of the up-to-date figures current as of this moment. Today in history is being compared to that of Pearl Harbor and the JFK assassination in the magnitude of national carnage. From online news organizations: · (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.announce) !
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(...) I don't have any images, but I have been watching the live, raw feed from the FOX satellite in the Learning Resource Center (which has a huge satellite dish on top). The stuff you're seeing on websites and on the TV are quite edited--some of (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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May God be with all the victims of this terrible tragedy that has effected not only America, but the world. Here are some updates: -tonight's Latin Grammys have been canceled -all MLB games have been canceled -50 domestic flights still in the air (...) (23 years ago, 11-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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